European Network of Clubs for Reliability and Safety of Software

Objective

ENCRESS aims to establish a focused Special Interest Group (SIG) in the area of software and systems safety and reliability, comprising a network of clubs operating in individual member states. Each club will be based on a model which has been a proven success for nine years in the UK under the same co-ordination (CSR). A typical club member will be an engineer from industry with a need to be informed about the relevant technical issues. ENCRESS will seek to work with any existing groups (such as EWICS), but in many countries new groups will need to be established to become part of the wider network. Activities of clubs within countries will be largely autonomous, but the international network (which may become a CEPIS SIG) will provide a means of speeding the flow of information in the software safety and reliability area into industry throughout the European Community. A Conference of the entire SIG will be held annually. Ultimately the SIG will be sufficiently well established to continue operation indefinitely, based on membership subscriptions.

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESSI 1 - The ESSI accompanying measure within the framework of the Specific Research and Technological Development programme in the field of Information Technologies, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 1 - Accompanying measures for the specific programme of research and technological development in the field of information technologies

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Address

Bedson Building
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom

Participants (3)

Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA)

Italy

IST

Germany

Address

Eschenstraße 22
82024 Taufkirchen

PGCC Technologie

France

Address

31 Avenue Du Général Leclerc
92340 Bourg-la-reine